CVE-2009-3028

Exp

The Altiris eXpress NS SC Download ActiveX control in AeXNSPkgDLLib.dll, as used in Symantec Altiris Deployment Solution 6.9.x, Notification Server 6.0.x, and Symantec Management Platform 7.0.x exposes an unsafe method, which allows remote attackers to force the download of arbitrary files and possibly execute arbitrary code via the DownloadAndInstall method.

Published: 2011-03-07 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3028 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 62.60%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3028

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16600 exploit_db edb 2010-11-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3028

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-17 70.31% 62.60% -7.71%
2 2025-11-18 71.41% 70.31% -1.11%
3 2025-11-14 — 71.41% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3028

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3028

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3028

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_deployment_solution 6.9 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_deployment_solution:6.9:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp1_hf12:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r10:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r11:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r12:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r13:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r7:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r8:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec altiris_notification_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:altiris_notification_server:6.0:sp3_r9:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3028

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